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Music Library Archival Collections
- A & M Records Collection of business papers, sound recordings, music manuscripts, and memorabilia (Coll. no. 269-M)
The collection consists of sound recordings, manuscript musical arrangements, photographs, correspondence, promotional materials, posters, gold albums, awards, books and ephemera from just prior to the company’s founding in 1962 through its sale to Polygram in 1989 and a few years thereafter, while Moss and Alpert were still affiliated with the label.
The collection is in the midst of being procesed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Juan Aguilar Collection of Musical Works and Papers (Coll. no. 107-M)
The collection consists of music manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks, papers and photographs of Mexican-American composer, Dr. Juan A. Aguilar.
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- Jeff Alexander Television, Radio, and Motion Picture Music Collection (Coll. no. 42-M)
The collection consists of holographs and/or ozalid copies of musical sketches for TV commercials, radio programs; television shows, and various television specials, and holographs or copies of motion picture scores. Also included are additional manuscript scores, framed tributes, awards, letters of recognition, photographs with personalities, drawings, and sound recordings.
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- Adolph Altman Collection of Photographs (Coll. no. 109-M)
Photographs of musicians, including Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Frank Black, Irving Caesar, Abram Chasins, George M. Cohan, Walter Damrosch, Duke Ellington, Leopold Godowsky, Ferde Grofe, David Guion, Fritz Kreisler, Albert Spalding, and Rudy Vallee.
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- Ed Ames Musical Arrangements Collection (Coll. no. 55-M)
The collection consists of arrangements of popular songs for Ames and stageband, by various arrangers.
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- George Antheil Motion Picture and Television Music Collection (Coll. no. 43-M)
The collection consists of holographs, ozalid and other copies of scores, short scores and parts of George Antheil's music for motion picture and television productions. Included is the music for The Plainsman, The Buccaneer, Knock on Any Door, Not as a Stranger, In a Lonely Place, and The Pride and the Passion.
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- Charles Appy Papers (Coll. no. 108-M)
Collection consists of correspondence from Hans von Bülow, Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Niels Gade, Stephen Heller, Carl Hill, Salomon Jadassohn, Karl Hermann, Beethoven, and others, as well as musical excerpts from Hans von Bülow, Leander Schlegel, B. Kwast, Woldemar Bargiel, Ernst S. Rabitzky, and others.
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- A. W. Atwood Collection of Photographs, Music Manuscripts, and Documents (Coll. no. 60-M)
Photographs of Richard Wagner, scenes from Wagner's operas, Paloma Schramm (Baruch), Karla Schramm, and Thilo Becker; manuscripts of musical works by Paloma Schramm Baruch; photocopies of newspaper clippings referring to Obie Chew; manuscripts or manuscript sketches of works by Caruthers Conway and Thilo Becker.
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- Sol Babitz Papers (Coll. no. 52-M)
The collection consists of research notes, manuscript and typed; musical sketches and manuscripts; published scores, books, pamphlets, periodical issues and offprints, with and without annotations; typed drafts of articles; photocopies of articles, scores, and miscellaneous printed music pages; and correspondence - all mostly related to baroque performance practice research done through the Early Music Laboratory (EML). Also included are a set of EML Bulletins, other EML publications, and disc recordings of EML sponsored performances.
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- Elaine Barkin Collection of Musical Compositions and Papers (Coll. no. 59-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts and sketches of musical compositions, with related program notes, poems, and descriptive notes. Includes the NB suite for flutes and contrabass, Two Dickinson choruses, Plein chant for solo alto flute, ... in its surrendering for tuba solo, and Still life for baritone jazz saxophone and vibraphone.
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- Dena Bat-Yaacov Collection of Tape Recordings, Photographs and Personal Papers (Coll. no. 57-M)
Collection consists of recital programs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, tape recordings and photographs relating to the career of the Los Angeles concert pianist, as well as scores by and research material relating to composer Charles Alkan.
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- Polly Bergen Musical Arrangements Collection (Coll. no. 48-M)
Television and stage show arrangements for singer/actress, Polly Bergen.
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- Collection of Big Band Photographs (Coll. no. 88-M)
The collection consists of commercial publicity photographs of American dance bands, combo bands and singers.
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- John Biggs Musical Scores Collections (Coll. no. 194-M)
Musical scores of compositions by John Biggs.
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- Ronald Bohn Collection of Film and Television Music Sound Recordings (Coll. no. 105-M)
The collection consists of commercially issued and other sound recordings, of music for television shows and motion pictures.
The collection is in the midst of being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Roger Bourland Collection of Music Manuscripts (Coll. no. 139-M)
Manuscript scores, including the film Gauguin: the Wolf at the Door.
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- Richard Bowden Collection of Musical Compositions and Arrangements (Coll. no. 76-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts and/or ozalid masters and copies and printed scores for compositions and arrangements of music for orchestra, chamber groups, and jazz bands, and for television and motion picture productions.
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- Radie Britain Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 89-M)
Collection consists of published editions, photocopies, and ozalid copies of musical works for harp, piano, violin and piano, voice and piano, and for chorus.
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- Harold Bronson Sound Recording Collection (Coll. no. 255-M)
The collection consists of commercial sound recordings donated by the Rhino Records co-founder, Harold Bronson.
Included in the collection are many Rhino Records recordings as well as recordings produced by other labels. The collection consists of musical recordings as well as spoken-word comedic recordings, sound effects recordings, picture discs, and a considerable number of recordings by Ian Whitcomb.
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- Michael Burk Collection of Sound Recordings (Coll. no. 272-M)
The collection consists of popular music recordings recorded on 7", 45 rpm sound discs. Performers included in the collection are: Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Neil Sedaka, and Dinah Washington.
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- Carol Burnett Collection of Television Music and Printed Sheet Music (Coll. no. 165-M)
The collection consists of orchestral scores and parts for musical numbers from Carol Burnett's television show, stage performances, and recordings (ca. 1790 titles). The majority of arrangements are for the Carol Burnett Show. Also included in the collection is mamusic from Once Upon a Mattress, Carol Burnett and Martha Raye LP recording, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett at Lincoln Center, and Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) performances. Most titles include a manuscript full score and ca. 22 parts. Included are many arrangements by Peter Matz and Harry Zimmerman, as well as ca. 7,000 titles of published sheet music.
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- R. Dale Butts Film Music Collection (Coll. no. 249-M)
Manuscripts and sound recordings of film music by R. Dale Butts.
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- Joseph Byrd Musical Works and Papers Collection (Coll. no. 64-M)
Collection consists predominantly of holographs of Joseph Byrd's concert pieces, "happening" pieces, film and television music, and arrangements, with some works by other composers, papers and memorabilia. Also contains some audiotapes and videotapes.
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- Collection of Material by and about Gustavo E. Campa (Coll. no. 90-M)
Collection consists of bibliographical and biographical materials, articles, and music.
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- Capitol Theatre (New York, NY) Collection of Silent Film Music (Coll. no. 87-M)
The collection consists of published scores, mostly for piano, of music to accompany the showing of silent films. Includes some manuscript parts of music arranged for chamber ensembles.
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- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Musical Scores Collection (Coll. no. 117-M)
Published scores and ozalid reproductions of manuscripts.
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- CBS Inc. Film and Television Collection (Coll. no. 72-M)
The collection consists of music manuscripts, books, printed music, sound recordings and business papers relating to CBS productions.
Also included are logs, music manuscripts, books, and printed music related to four types of CBS productions: features films, television series, television specials, and television movies, The productions fall under the CBS Television Network, CBS Entertainment Division, CBS Productions Network, and, in a few cases, earlier manifestations of these divisions.
The collection includes materials in the form of: manuscript scores, parts, and a few Ozalid masters of both scores and parts for film and television productions; printed sheet music and folios of popular music; publishers catalogs, brochures; published books about music; and published silent film music. The collection includes materials by composers such as Jeff Alexander, Bill "Rocky" Conti, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Lyn Murray, Alex North, Fred Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams. Productions represented include TV series such as Gilligan's Island, Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel,Hawaii 5-0, Perry Mason, Rawhide, Twilight Zone, and Wild Wild West. Also included is music for feature films such as The April Fools, Little Big Man, The Reivers, Rio Lobo, and Table For Five. A highlight of the collection are many scores for live Playhouse 90 dramas.
The collection is currently being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Renato Chiesa Collection of Musical Compostions (Coll. no. 192-M)
Three compositions by Renato Chiesa (Hommage a Maharaj-Ji, Prashad, Bhakti per Maharaj-Ji) and a curriculum vitae, formerly in the library of Giovanni Cecchetti.
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- Paul Chihara Collection of Musical Works and Papers (Coll. no. 154-M)
Music manuscripts, published scores, sound recordings, published reviews, and photographs.
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- Collection of 45rpm sound discs (Coll. no. 175-M)
The collection consists of assorted archival collections of 45 rpm sound recordings housed in the UCLA Music Library, Archive of Popular American Music.
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- Collection of instrumental arrangements (Coll. no. APAM-2)
Primarily published parts for stock arrangements of American popular songs, marches, overtures, waltzes, etc. for dance bands, orchestra, or small instrumental ensemble.
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- Collection of Music Journals (Coll. no. 186-M)
The collection consists of various music journal titles.
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- John Coltrane Transcriptions Collection (Coll. no. 181-M)
Transcriptions by Andrew White of sound recordings of saxophone solos played by Coltrane.
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- Aaron Copland Collection of Motion Picture Music (Coll. no. 2-M)
Ozalid copies of conductor's scores of original music for the motion pictures "The North Star" (1943) and "The Red pony" (1949). Includes piano score for the song "No village like mine," with music by Copland, words by Ira Gershwin, based on a Russian folk tune, composer unknown.
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- Arthur Crossman Collection of UCLA Songs (Coll. no. 85-M)
Manuscripts, ozalid masters, and copies of the UCLA students' songs "Fight on ye Bruins" and "Hail to U.C.L.A."
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- John Davidson Musical Arrangements Collection (Coll. no. 41-M)
Manuscripts or copies of musical arrangements for Davidson's television show, by various arrangers: scores and parts.
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- Hugo Davise Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 24-M)
Hugo Davise Gift of original music compositions. Manuscripts and manuscript reproductions of compositions for piano (predominantly), recorder, other keyboard instruments, and various stringed instruments.
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- Dennis Day Collection of Music for Radio (Coll. no. 166-M)
Scores and manuscripts of music for radio.
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- Paul Des Marais Collection of Music Manuscripts (Coll. no. 177-M)
Manuscripts, ozalid masters, and sound recordings of scores of compositions by Paul Des Marais.
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- Fannie Charles Dillon Collection of Musical Compositions and Memorabilia (Coll. no. 15-M)
Manuscripts, manuscript transparencies, ozalid reproductions, and publications representing about 140 compositions by Dillon. Also includes programs, newspaper clippings, poems, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents.
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- Eric Dolphy Transcriptions Collection (Coll. no. 183-M)
Transcriptions by Andrew White of sound recordings of saxophone solos played by Dolphy.
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- Jimmy Durante Papers (Coll. no. 195-M)
The collection consists of sound and video recordings, orchestrations, stills, clippings, scrapbooks, sheet music and other papers orignally belonging to Jimmy Durante.
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- Arthur C. Edwards Collection of Musical Compositions and Research (Coll. no. 91-M)
Collection consists of eight compositions, including Suite in modern style for woodwind quartet, Etude for piano, Paul Bunyan suite, Concerto for orchestra, Piece for symphonietta, Suite for orchestra, Woodwind quartet, and untitled work for orchestra, as well as various research materials, including books, card files, papers, song sheets and correspondence, relating to the theory of melody.
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- Ellis Club of Los Angeles Collection of Musical Arrangements and Papers (Coll. no. 99-M)
Published choral music arrangements, mostly for TTBB, of classical and semiclassical works performed in concert by the Ellis Club, and miscellaneous documents relating to its history.
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- Euterpe Opera Theatre Collection of Papers and Photographs (Coll. no. 95-M)
Collection consists of minutes of EOT meetings, ca. 1926-65; scrapbooks of programs, newspaper clippings and press documents; correspondence, receipts and other documents relating to EOT business, ca. 1968-82; photographs of opera productions, ca. 1965-82; miscellaneous papers and certificates of appreciation.
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- Nat Farber Collection of Television Show Music Arrangements (Coll. no. 33-M)
The collection consists of manuscript scores of arrangements by various arrangers for the Carol Burnett Show, Danny Kaye Show, Glen Campbell Show, Rex Allen Show, Dinah Shore Show, and other productions; script and rehearsal schedules for Carol Burnett Shows.
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- Film Music Collection (Coll. no. 3-M)
The collection consists of manuscript scores and sketches of motion picture music scores by Mickey Bloom, Gerard Carbonara, Eddie Dunstedter, Max Dunstedter, Frederick Hollander, Miklós Rózsa, Marc Wilkinson and Victor Young. Also included are manuscript scores and parts for the uncredited television show, Let George Do It (ca. 1960).
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- Ella Fitzgerald Collection (Coll. no. 135-M)
Photographs and sheet music (ca. 4500 items) from the estate of Ella Fitzgerald.
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- Joseph Fogel Collection (Coll. no. 170-M)
Clippings, instructional materials, books and scores relating to the pianst Joseph Fogel.
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- Ernest J. (Tennessee Ernie) Ford Musical Arrangements Collection (Coll. no. 101-M)
Collection of arrangements and parts, in manuscripts or ozalid copies, of popular songs for performers on the Tennessee Ernie Ford show during the 1956-61 seasons.
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- Frances A. Forster Collection of Silent Film Music (Coll. no. 164-M)
Printed loose-leaf collections of film music comosed by J.S. Zamecnik and M.L. Lake.
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- Rudolf Friml Collection (Coll. no. 20-M)
The collection consists of scores and sketches, and ozalid reproductions of music for the stage and other compositions by Friml, as well as many sound recordings, and personal and business papers.
The collection is currently being processed. Updates to the finding aid will be made periodically.
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- General Music Corporation Collection of Television Music (Coll. no. 34-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts and/or ozalid copies of manuscripts (predominantly) of conductor scores and parts for television cues written by Basil Adlam, Frank DeVol, Darrell Calker, George Bruns, Malcolm Arnold, Harry Sukman, Walter Greene, Henry Mancini, William Lava, Cyril Mockridge, et al. Productions (live action and animated) include Cowboy in Africa, The Inspector, Journey to the center of the earth, Pink panther, Road runner, Daktari, and Woody Woodpecker, among others. Production companies other than General Music include Ivan Tors Music, De Pati-Freleng Enterprises, Warner Bros., Sunset Music, and Walter Lantz Productions.
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- Henry F. Gilbert Collection (Coll. no. 115-M)
Sheet music and orchestral scores by Henry F. Gilbert.
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- Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection of Motion Picture and Television Music (Coll. no. 268-M)
The collection consists of manuscript scores (holographs or copies) and open reel tapes of music composed by Herschel Gilbert for television series and motion pictures, and includes some related materials such as parts, cues, lyrics sheets, and sketches.
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- Pia Gilbert Collection of Papers, Correspondence, Musical Scores and Recordings (Coll. no. 58-M)
The collection consist of correspondence, lecture notes, program notes, sound recordings, holographs and/or copies of scores, scrapbooks and scrapbook materials, sketchbooks, and typescripts (with corrections) of the textbook Music for the Modern Dance, by Gilbert and Aileene Lockhart (Wm. C. Brown, 1961.)
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- Jay Grauer and Herman Reinshagen Collection of Music for String Bass (Coll. no. 225-M)
The collection consists of printed and manuscript music for string bass, from the music library of Jay Grauer and Herman Reinshagen.
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- Bill Green Collection of Music Manuscripts, Recordings and Papers (Coll. no. 196-M)
Fake books, instructional materials, music manuscripts, papers, sound recordings, and videocassettes from the estate of the alto saxophonist, Bill Green.
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- Edgar Grossman Collection of Musical Compositions and Papers (Coll. no. 82-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts of vocal compositions, mostly songs or SATBs, with English and Russian texts, and miscellaneous correspondence and newspaper clippings.
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- Homer Grunn Collection of Musical Compositions, Librettos, Photographs, Programs, Correspondence and Papers (Coll. no. 92-M)
Collection consists of manuscript scores, or scores and parts, of 240 musical works, many based on American Indian themes, with librettos or operas in typescript, photographs of Grunn and his friends and family, letters and postcards, and programs of musical performances.
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- Scipione Guidi Collection of Autographed Photographs of Musicians (Coll. no. 32-M)
Collection consists of photograph portraits of Wilhelm Backhaus, Harold Bauer, Artur Bodansky, Marco Enrico Bossi, Roberto Calburn, Pablo Casals, Walter Damrosch, Antal Dorati, Fritz Ernaloy, Wilhelm FurtwSngler, Raya Garbousova, Georges Georgescu, Percy Grainger, AndrT Guidi, Henry Hadley, Jasha Heifetz, Arthur Honegger, Jose Iturbi, Victoria Kerner, Erich Kleiber, Fritz Kreisler, Wanda Landowska, Giovanni Martinelli, Willem Mengelberg, Yehudi Menuhin, Bernardino Molinari, Madeline Monnier, Pierre Monteux, Elly Ney, Michel Percha, Gabriel PiernT, Bozis Polschmann, Henri de Pusscher, Lucienne Radisse, Fritz Reiner, Ottorino Respighi, Ernest Schelling, Frederick Stock, Josef Stransky, Igor Stravinsky, Joseph Szigeti, H. Triana, Cornelius Van Vliet, Josef Wagner, Henry J. Wood, Eugen Ysa e, et al.
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- Earle Hagen Collection of Television Music (Coll. no. 172-M)
The collection consits of ozalid and manuscript scores for music composed by Earle Hagen for television productions, including I Spy, and Mod Squad.
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- Buddy Harper Collection of Jazz Arrangements (Coll. no. 258-M)
Musical compositions and arrangements of Buddy Harper and other composers.
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- Charles Haubiel Collection of Music Manuscripts (Coll. no. 213-M)
Manuscript and Ozalid scores (bound) and parts of mainly symphonic songs and symphonic poems and some piano works by Charles Haubiel including: Of Human Destiny, Symphonic Variations, Sunday Costs Five Pesos (a Mexican folk opera), Berta, and various other symphonic works.
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- Emery H. Heim Collection of Music Manuscripts and Sheet Music (Coll. no. 39-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts or ozalid copies of piano-vocal scores of popular songs, a few with obbligato instrumental parts, mostly with texts in English or Hungarian, as well as a published sheet music of songs, and popular Hungarian dance music arranged for miscellaneous small ensembles, most with parts.
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- Bernard Herrmann Collection of Music for Film, Television, and Radio Productions (Coll. no. 79-M)
Manuscripts, ozalid masters and copies, scores and parts of radio, television, and film music. Includes arrangements used in CBS Crime Classics radio show and music from the following films: Battle of Neretva, Jason and the argonauts, The Kentuckian, Marnie, North by northwest, Psycho, The snows of Kilimanjaro, and The trouble with Harry. Also includes selections from Herrmann's opera, Wuthering Heights, and his Nocturne and scherzo for orchestra.
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- Otto Hirschler Collection of Correspondence, Programs and Papers (Coll. no. 103-M)
Collection consists of scrapbook of letters, programs, clippings and other documents relating to Hirschler's composing career; loose documents, including Hirschler's resume, biography and obituary; and medal from the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago.
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- George Hocutt/Ray Avery It's Rare Records, Jazz Record Store Collection (Coll. no. 141-M)
The collection consits of approximately 63,305 sound recordings, and business papaers in all formats from the Ray Avery, It's Rare Records record store in Glendale, CA.
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- Walter Jurmann Collection (Coll. no. APAM-1)
Collection consists of material related to career of the composer Walter Jurmann. The bulk of the collection was collected by Yvonne Jurmann after the composer's death in 1971 and includes songs from European and American films, other popular songs, newspaper and journal articles, holographs of songs and lyrics, correspondence, business papers, and photographs. Also includes the complete piano-vocal score for Windy city.
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- Philip Kahgan Collection (Coll. no. 53-M)
The collection consists of program runs and single issues representing individual performers, orchestras, theaters, and other performing groups and institutions throughout the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. Also included are autographed photographic portraits of major musical performers, conductors, and groups, correspondence, clippings, contracts, and other documents relating to Kahgan's career as a performer (viola) and music contractor.
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- Alfred Kaufman Collection of Musical Scores (Coll. no. 69-M)
Predominantly holograph scores (2 published) of piano, chamber, orchestral and vocal works.
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- Julius Klain Collection of Collection of Photographs (Coll. no. 111-M)
Collection consists of commercial portraits of European and American opera singers (including Victoria de Los Angeles, Anton van Rooy, Lillian Nordica, and Edouard de Reszke, several of which are autographed.
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- John Koegel Collection of Opera Memorabilia (Coll. no. 98-M)
Collection consists of photographs, programs, clippings, magazines and autographs of prominent opera singers, collected by John Koegel.
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- Nina Koshetz Collection of Song and Aria Arrangements (Coll. no. 86-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts scores, or scores and parts, of arrangements of songs and arias, primarily from Russian operas, arranged by Leonid Raab, including selections from Rimsky-Korsakov's The tsar's bride, Tchaikovsky's Pique dame, Borodin's Prince Igor, Rachmaninoff's Glory to God, Glinka's Russlan and Ludmilla, Mussorgsky's The fair at Sorotchinsk, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko and his songs "The rose has charmed the nightingale" and "Au printemps."
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- William Kraft Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 74-M)
Collection consists of holograph manuscripts, ozalid masters and copies, and photocopies of scores and parts of music for film and television by William Kraft. Includes scores for Avalanche, Bill, The Chisholms, The elephants : last day in Eden, Fire and ice, The Homeric hymn to Demeter, and Kirlian force. Also includes scores for musical compositions, including L'Arlesienne sweet, Da dit, Passacaglia, Theme and metric variations, Etude for two drums, English suite, Courante no. 2, Me and Mr. Stenner, Nonet for brass and percussion, Permutations, Theme and variations for percussion quartet, and Weavings.
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- Carol Lawrence Collection (Coll. no. 254-M)
Collection consists of scores and orchestral parts for the musical Funny Girl.
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- Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé Collection (Coll. no. 168-M)
Folios, stage band arrangements and sound recordings.
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- Alfred Leonard and Joseph Leonard Collection (Coll. no. 180-M)
Collection consists of documents, clippings, correspondence and photographs relating to the career of Alfred Leonard, including 16 letters from Artur Schnabel to Leonard with related replies. Also includes music and other printed publications, manuscripts and copies of musical compositions by Joseph Leonard and others, reel-to-reel audiotapes, and phonograph discs.
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- Jack Leonard Collection of Popular Music Arrangements (Coll. no. 50-M)
Scores or parts of arrangements by Jack Leonard and Deane Kincaide for the Kate Smith show.
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- Spencer Lester Collection of Musical Arrangements for Television and Theater Shows, and Memorabilia (Coll. no. 21-M)
Manuscript and ozalid copy sketches, scores, and/or parts of popular titles and television show music composed by Spencer; typescript lyrics; miscellaneous documents and correspondence. Twenty works by other composers, untitled works by Lester Spencer, Thirty-eight Titles (non-TV) by Lester Spencer, Fifteen Titles (for TV) by Lester Spencer.
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- Collection of Letters and Autographs of Musicians (Coll. no. 102-M)
Collection consists of letters, memoranda or postcards from Joseph Joachim, Teresa Carreno, Vincent Novello, John Stainer, Charles Gounod, Pietro Mascagni, and anonymous musicians. Also includes autographs on concert programs by Igor Stravinski, Samuel Dushkin, Walter Gieseking, and Mischa Levitzki.
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- Levin (Alvin Irving) Collection of music manuscripts (Coll. no. 179-M)
Manuscript music scores and photocopies of compositions of Alvin Irving Levin. Includes dramatic works, choral works, symphonic music, and chamber music.
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- Collection of Librettos (Coll. no. 187-M)
A collection of published librettos from various sources, either published separately or in conjuction with a sound recording.
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- Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Programs (Coll. no. 176-M)
The collection consists of Los Angeles Philharmonic programs (72nd-79th Season, 1991-1992 through 1997-1998) and Hollywood Bowl Summer Festival programs (76-77th Seasons, 1997-98). Also included are artist and composition indexes.
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- James R. Low Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 264-M)
The collection consists of materials relating to the composer, James R. Low. Included are music manuscripts, parts and scores, correspondence and clippings.
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- Earl Lowry Papers (Coll. no. 81-M)
Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, programs, handwritten notes, photocopies of articles, catalogs, additional ephemera, ozalids, facsimiles, and mimeographs by various composers, such as Paul Nordoff, Arthur Benjamin, Leonard Ratner, T. Thompson, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alvaro Carneiro, Robert Durand, Morris Browda, Friedrick Hollander, Fredric Hart, Henry Cowell, Elliot Grellis, Hans Henkemand, Carlos Surinach, John La Montaine, Aaron Copland, Krotona Mazek, Ellis B. Kohs, Arnold Schoenberg, etc.
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- Harry Lubin Collection of Television and Motion Picture Music (Coll. no. 28-M)
Manuscript scores, or scores and parts, of music composed by Lubin for the Loretta Young show, One step beyond, The Outer Limits, and various other television shows; music for the motion pictures Disaster, Wyoming Mail, Waterfront at Midnight, Mr. Reckless, Caged Fury, and Tibet; miscellaneous themes, cues, and songs with lyrics.
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- Clarence Mader Collection of Musical Manuscripts, Papers, Correspondence, and Documents (Coll. no. 37-M)
The collection consists of manuscripts of compositions by Mader and other composers; manuscripts of unpublished poetry and verse; colored slides of art works by Clarence Mader and Ruth Mader; open reel tape recordings (non-commercial) of performances on organ by Clarence Mader and performances of his compositions by others; scrapbooks; correspondence; unpublished essays and lectures (handwritten and in typescript); printed programs; photographs; published and unpublished materials dealing with organs and organ design; published scores of music with annotations by Mader; and miscellaneous documents.
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- Malkin Conservatory Scrapbook (Coll. no. 936-M)
Malkin Conservatory of Music, Boston, Scrapbook. Contains clippings from 1933- about the founding of the conservatory, teachers engaged such as composers Schoenberg, Krenek, and Toch; noted tenor, Lambert Murphy, soprano Myrna Sharlow, and conductor Nicolas Slonimsky.
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- Albert H. Malotte Collection of Musical Comedy Works (Coll. no. 40-M)
Collection consists of ozalid copies, mimeograph copies, and photostats of musical comedy scores and scripts. Includes Laloma; Limbo, or, Once upon a dream; The big tree, and Fanfare. Also Includes the sheet music of the song, "I am proud to be an American."
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- Henry Mancini Collection of Motion Picture Music (Coll. no. 18-M)
The collection consists of music manuscripts, music notes, cue sheets and timing sheets for music composed by Mancini for motion pictures: Arabesque (Universal, 1966), Charade (Universal, 1963), Days of Wine and Roses (Warner Brothers, 1962), Dear Heart (Warner Brothers, 1964), Experiment in Terror (Columbia, 1962), Gaily, Gaily (United Artists, 1969), The Great race (Warner Brothers, 1965), Me, Natalie (National General, 1969), Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (20th Century-Fox, 1962), Moment to Moment (Universal, 1966), Peter Gunn (Paramount, 1967), The Pink Panther (United Artists, 1964), The Private War of Major Benson (Universal, 1955), Shot in the Dark (United Artists, 1964), Soldier in the Rain (Allied Artists, 1963), Two for the Road (20th Century-Fox, 1967), Wait Until Dark (Warner Brothers, 1967), and What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (United Artists, 1966). Also included are text and music manuscripts for Mancini's book, Sounds and Scores (1962).
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- Shelly Manne Collection (Coll. no. 189-M)
Sound recordings, photographs, jazz magazines and journals, drumming method books, sheet music, books, tour itineraries, programs and fliers.
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- Eddy Manson Collection (Coll. no. 156-M)
The collection consists of materials created by and belonging to composer and harmonica virtuoso, Eddie Manson. Included are: music manuscripts; correspondence; business papers, and sound recordings pertaining to music for film and television, concert music, and Jewish service music.
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- Richard Markowitz Collection of Music Manuscripts and Recordings (Coll. no. 133-M)
Collection consists of scores and related materials from television films (movies of the week), series pilots and series episodes. Films include: Weekend of terror (1979), Runaway (a/k/a Operation runaway, 1978) and Doctors' private lives (1978); pilots include Spanner's key (1978), Joe Forrester (1975) and Standing tall (a/k/a Legend at sundown, 1977). Series include F.B.I., Hawaii five-O, Mannix, Quincy, Barnaby Jones, Buck Rogers in the 25th century, and Dynasty. Markowitz's scores for over 65 episodes of Murder she wrote are included. Manuscripts for scores are accompanied by cue sheets, spotting/timing notes, musician lists from recording sessions and sketches. Related sound recordings and video recordings for many of the more recent works are available as well.
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- P. A. Marquardt Collection of Music for Silent Films (Coll. no. 4-M)
Collection consists of holographs, ozalid masters and copies, and mimeograph copies of scores and parts of music, either composed or arranged by P.A. Marquardt, mostly for silent films. Includes Concertino for violin and orchestra, Melodies of Joseph Strauss, A merry overture, Ramasan-Oriental suite, Regimenstag-Marsch, Rondeau brillant, Serenade, Sonata in C minor, and The unknown soldier. Also includes several marches, an opera and 67 pieces of silent film music (piano part only) published by the Music Buyers Corporation.
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- Collection of Music, Papers, and Memorabilia about Heinrich August Marschner (Coll. no. 77-M)
Collection consists of photographs, portraits, illustrations, printed scores and sheet music, and assorted articles and newspaper clippings. Includes a biography of Marschner by Georg Munzer (box 3), as well as Allen Dean Palmer's masters thesis, Heinrich Marschner and his opera, Der Vampyr, and his doctoral dissertation, Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861) and his stage works.
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- Colin McPhee Collection (Coll. no. 25-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts, ozalid reproductions, and published scores of orchestral, chamber, choral, and film music by McPhee, including some sets of parts. Also contains two 10 1/2 inch tapes of music for the film Blue vanguard, published scores of music by various composers, and assorted books, pamphlets, and librettos.
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- Joni Mitchell Musical Arrangements Collection (Coll. no. 45-M)
Collection consists of holographs of musical scores of "Chelsea morning," "I don't know where I stand," and "Who," arranged for orchestra by Don Bogley.
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- Mary Carr Moore Collection of Musical Compositions, Biographical Material, and Documents (Coll. no. 38-M)
Collection consists of Moore's music manuscripts and printed scores of operas and orchestral, piano, chamber, vocal and choral music. Also parts, libretti, working notes for operas, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, printed catalogs, photographs, and ephemera.
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- Howard Morehead Papers (Coll. no. 142-M)
Howard Morehead was a highly regarded Los Angeles still and video news photographer. Over the course of his career, he photographed many of the important jazz musicians of his time, including Ray Charles (album covers), Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, among others. The collection consists of photographs, taken by Morehead, of jazz musicians in Los Angeles.
Finding aid in process. Former title Howard Morehead Collection of Photographs and Papers
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- Music for the 1964 Emmy Awards (Coll. no. 26-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts and ozalid copies of scores and/or parts for the Emmy Awards, Feb. 14, 1964. Includes cues for a "Lassie" scene composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson, Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin, and John Williams, as well as other cues.
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- Music in Contemporary Life Collection (Coll. no. 14-M)
Collection consists mostly of contributors' papers, with brochures, programs, correspondence, clippings, and other documents relating to the Institute. The Institute was sponsored by the UCLA Department of Music and the Musicians Congress and was held Sept. 14-17, 1944. Contributors include Hoagy Carmichael, Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, Morton Gould, Roy Harris, Alfred Newman, Lawrence Clark Powell, Mikl=s R=zsa, and Artie Shaw.
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- Music Teachers Association Collection of Minutes of Meetings and Press Clippings (Coll. no. 75-M)
Collection consists of minutes of meetings of Los Angeles Music Teachers Assn., MTA of Southern California, Southern California MTA, and MTAC Los Angeles Branch (1910-13), constitution and by-laws of SCMTA, and press clippings of CMTA, Los Angeles (1936-38) in a 3-ring binder.
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- National Association of Composers, U.S.A. Papers and Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 80-M)
Collection consists of Association records, including business meeting minutes and financial reports, chapter records, newsletters, correspondence, clippings, and additional miscellaneous papers, as well as manuscript scores in ozalid copy and printed scores of works by approx. 110 U.S. composers and six scrapbooks containing mostly clippings.
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- Alfred Newman Collection (Coll. no. 19-M)
Collection consists of 78 rpm and 33 rpm recordings of soundtracks composed by Newman, and other music conducted by Newman.
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- Alex North Collection of Motion Picture Music (Coll. no. 17-M)
Collection consists of Alex North's holograph scores, with occasional holograph music notes, for the following motion pictures: The agony and the ecstasy (1965), All fall down (1962), The bachelor party (1957), The bad seed (1956), Cheyenne autumn (1964), The children's hour (1962), Cinerama South Seas adventure (1958), Cleopatra (1963), Death of a salesman (1951), Desiree (1954), Devil's brigade (1968), A dream of kings (1969), Go man go (1954), Hard contract (1969), Hot spell (1958), I'll cry tomorrow (1955), The king & four queens (1956), The long hot summer (1958), Man with the gun (1955), A member of the wedding (1953), Les miserables (1952), The misfits (1961), The outrage (1964), Pony soldier (1952), The racers (1955), The rainmaker (1956), The rose tattoo (1955), Sanctuary (1961), Shoes of the fisherman (1968), Spartacus (1960), Stagestruck (1958), A streetcar named Desire (1955), The thirteenth letter (1951), Unchained (1955), Viva Zapata (1952), Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966), The wonderful country (1959), 2001, a space odyssey (1968), Symphony to a new continent, and Somebody killed her husband (1978).
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- Nicola Novelli Music Manuscripts Collection (Coll. no. 114-M)
Collection consists of holographs of music by Novelli, including Irish mood, Momento musicalea, Ninna, nanna, Serenata all'amor mio, Tu duorm' ancora.
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- Ojai Music Festival Records (Coll. no. 277-M)
The collection consists of materials pertaining to the Ojai Music Festival, founded in 1947. The festival is held annually in Ojai, CA, in Ventura County. Notable conductors and performers have included Pierre Boulez, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Michael Tilson Thomas, Dawn Upshaw, the Kronos Quartet and Murray Perahia, among many others.
The collection includes programs, artist biographies, press clippings, business records, and recordings. The collection is in the midst of being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Charlie Parker Transcriptions Collection (Coll. no. 182-M)
Transcriptions by Andrew White of sound recordings of saxophone solos played by Parker.
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- Irwin Parnes Collection of Composers' Music (Coll. no. 66-M)
The collection consists of ozalid masters and copies of music manuscripts by Eric Zeisl, Werner R. Heymann, Jarold Green and Jacob Weinberg.
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- Paul Sawtell Collection (Coll. no. 239-M)
Music scores for film and television by Paul Sawtell, and other documents and photographs relating to his life and career.
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- Julia Pauloo-Taylor and Sylvia Pauloo-Williams Collection of composers' mss and other docs (Coll. no. 155-M)
Collection of music manuscripts, published sheet music, photographs, press clippings, correspondence and music programs.
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- Madalyn Akers Phillips Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 67-M)
Music composed by Madalyn Akers Phillips. Includes art songs, popular songs, choral works, and instrumental works.
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- Photographs of Musicians and Ballet Dancers Collection (Coll. no. 119-M)
Collection consists of photographs of classical and country and western recording artists, as well as ballet dancers.
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- Popular Music Press Kits (Coll. no. 160-M)
The collection consists of popular music press kits, including biographies and photographs, for popular recording artists and groups. Arranged by record label. The collection is scheduled for further processing and the finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Edward B. Powell Collection of Motion Picture Music (Coll. no. 44-M)
Collection consists of manuscript or ozalid copy sketches, full scores, or conductor's scores of motion picture music orchestrated by Powell and others. Includes music for the following films: The garden of evil (Bernard Herrmann), Viva Zapata (Alex North), A night with Pan (Joseph Achron), The song of Bernadette and Twelve o'clock high (Alfred Newman), The king and I (Richard Rodgers), It's a mad mad mad mad world (Ernest Gold), The torn curtain (John Addison), and Sylvia (David Raksin). Also music by John Green. Orchestrators, beside Powell, include Frank Comstock and Ray Heindorf.
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- André Previn Collection of Musical Compositions and Arrangements (Coll. no. 46-M)
Manuscripts (mostly autographs) of sketches and full arrangements (scores and/or parts) of a variety of popular and jazz music titles and a few film productions scored by Previn; acetate recordings, including some 15 inch transcription discs, of takes by various jazz groups, including the Andre Previn Trio, and also some Previn interviews and concert performances.
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- Ralph Edwards Productions Production Records (Coll. no. 336)
The collection consists of materials pertaining to the various Ralph Edwards Productions projects such as Truth or Consequences, This is Your Life, and Name That Tune. The finding aid will be updated as the collection is processed.
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- Frances Marion Ralston Collection (Coll. no. 5-M)
Collection consists of manuscripts, ozalid masters and copies, and published sheet music of musical compositions. Titles include: Orientales for the piano; Impressions at Wellesley; Five tone poems for violin, cello, and piano; The awakening; Anthem; The sea; Sonata no. 2 for violin and piano; Rhapsodie for piano and orchestra; and Saul : an oratorio.
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- Helen Reddy Musical Arrangements Collection (Coll. no. 62-M)
The collection consists of ozalid original scores and parts plus copies of arrangements used in Helen Reddy's television series and specials. Most arrangements are by Nelson Riddle.
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- Alois Reiser Collection (Coll. no. 6-M)
Collection predominantly consists of holographic sketches of his orchestral, operatic, chamber and film music, with miscellaneous programs, clippings, texts, and published scores.
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- Eugene Riese Collection of Musical Compositions and Arrangements, and Papers (Coll. no. 93-M)
The collection consists of manuscripts and published musical works, mostly for use in the Jewish liturgy, miscellaneous papers and newspaper clippings.
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- Stanley Ring Collection (Coll. no. 94-M)
The collection consists of printed music, lists and catalogs, various letters and contracts, sound recordings, brochures, magazines, and musical comedy sheet music from Stanley Ring's Music Store in Hollywood.
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- Robin/Music in America Photograph Collection (Coll. no. 49-M)
Collection consists of photographs and slide reproductions of historical objects, scenes and people relating to the development of American music, gathered and organized by Harry Robin for a U.S. bicentennial research project.
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- Feri Roth Collection of Papers, Photographs and Recordings (Coll. no. 197-M)
Correspondence, photographs, recordings, programs, clippings, datebooks and other personal papers from the estate of the violinist Feri Roth.
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- Joseph Rumshinsky Collection of Musical Compositions for the Yiddish Theater and Memorabilia (Coll. no. 27-M)
Scores and parts of stage shows and operettas, songs, dance music, and religious pieces. Includes clippings and typescript materials, including synopses, scripts, obituaries, and testimonials.
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- Roman Ryterband Collection of Musical Scores and Documents (Coll. no. 56-M)
Photocopies of manuscript scores of chamber works by Ryterband composed between 1941 and 1955; photocopies of program notes and other documents pertaining to performances of Ryterband's music.
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- Antonio Sabbatella Collection Collection of Italian Band Music Manuscripts (Coll. no. 68-M)
Collection consists of late 19th century manuscripts of arrangements for concert band of contemporary opera overtures and arias, popular songs, marches, and orchestral works, plus original works for band by a variety of Italian composers, including Bellini, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, and many lesser-known composers. The arrangements are mostly by Sabbatella.
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- Hans J. Salter Collection (Coll. no. 137-M)
The collection consists of music, personal papers, correspondence, photographs, production materials, business papers and periodical clippings of one of Universal Pictures' film composers, Hans J. Salter. The various kinds of music are manuscript and published music including conductor's scores, orchestral parts, sheet music, published music books, and sound recordings on 7", 10", and 12" sound discs, 7" and 10" open reel analog tapes, and sound cassettes.
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- Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 7-M)
Predominantly manuscripts or ozalid copies of compositions by Helen Louise Schaffer (boxes 2-5). Includes multiple copies of published songs (box 1) and some typescript texts, correspondence and other papers (box 5).
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- Louis B. Schnauber (Film Music Society) Collection (Coll. no. 157-M)
The collection consists of 2,111 complete sets of orchestral parts for silent films, assembled by Louis B. Schnauber between 1910 and 1927 while he worked as Music Director in more than 25 Omaha theaters.
The collection is in the midst of being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Arnold Schoenberg Collection of Correspondence, Photographs, and Papers (Coll. no. 78-M)
Collection consists of materials relating mostly to Schoenberg's career at UCLA, including his University of California biography form, and letters to and from Schoenberg, his friends and UCLA colleagues, and his family. Includes miscellaneous photographs, some inscribed, of Schoenberg and others, and clippings relating to his music and career. Also contains a photocopy of the manuscript of Mailied (1899), the original of which is housed in the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections.
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- Charles Seeger Collection of Musical Papers and Documents (Coll. no. 96-M)
Collection consists of programs from operas, recitals and concerts; various books and brochures about music (some autographed by authors); correspondence and manuscripts.
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- Nat Segaloff Papers (Coll. no. 354)
The collection consists of materials pertaining to Nat Segaloff's career as a freelance writer, producer, teacher and journalist. A highlight of this collection is the large amount of material pertaining to the Hollywood blacklist.
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- Bert Shefter Motion Picture and Television Collection (Coll. no. 84-M)
The collection consists of music manuscrips and tapes of Shefter's compositions for film and television, including Maverick, Sugarfoot's theme, Cheyenne, Colt 45, Five guns to Tombstone and Harbor lights. The collection is in the midst of being processed. The finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Silent Film Music Collection (Coll. no. 12-M)
Collection consists of silent film music.
Peter Mercurio donation.
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- Homer Simmons Papers (Coll. no. 73-M)
The collection consists of scrapbooks, correspondence, concert programs, essays, sheet music, and audiotapes originally belonging to the noted California pianist, Homer Simmons.
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- Eric Simon Collection of Correspondence from Musicians (Coll. no. 128-M)
Correspondence from musicians, including Edward T.
Cone, Robert Craft, Paul Hindemith, Otto Klemperer, Ernst Krenek, Erich Leinsdorf,
Darius Milhaud, Hermann Scherchen, Rudolf Serkin, Roger Sessions, and Peter Stadlen.
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- Smothers Brothers Collection of Musical Arrangements (Coll. no. 36-M)
Collection consists of manuscript conductors' scores, and parts in manuscript or ozalid copy, of arrangements for the Smothers Brothers TV show, Summer Brothers Smothers show, and Return of the Smothers Brothers show; scores, parts and scripts of special material for the Smothers Brothers; arrangements for a Smothers Brothers record album.
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- Paul Tanner Collection of Jazz and Popular Music Sound Recordings (Coll. no. 11-M)
The collection predominantly consists of commercial 78 rpm and 33 1/3 rpm (LP) disc recordings of jazz music, with some popular and ethnic music as well. Also included are a small number of 45 rpm discs, a few 16 inch transcription discs, a film and some film clips, as well as a separate collection of commercial and non-commercial recordings of the Glenn Miller Band, in which Tanner played trombone for a time.
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- Horace Tapscott Jazz Collection (Coll. no. 237-M)
The collection consists of sound recordings, musical compositions and arrangements of Horace Tapscott and other composers, and the performances of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and the Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension.
The collection is in the midst of being processed, and updates will be made to this finding aid periodically.
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- Gunther Tautenhahn Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 30-M)
Ozalid copies of musical scores by Tautenhahn and one manuscript sketchbook in a 3-ring binder.
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- Henri Temianka Collection of Papers, Correspondence and Memorabilia (Coll. no. 51-M)
Materials related to Temianka's career as a performer, conductor, teacher, musical director and administrator. Materials in the collection particularly concern concert series activities with his California Chamber Symphony Orchestra, including: programs, news clippings, reviews, promotional materials, posters, photographs, music scores, tape recordings, board meeting minutes, financial statements, payrolls, patron and fundraising lists, donor histories, rehearsal schedules, correspondence, etc.
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- Gary Tighe Disco Music Collection (Coll. no. 281-M)
Materials relating to the career of disco club DJ Gary Tighe, including approximately 2,370 LP disks of music, mostly American dance music from the 1970s and 1980s, plus popular music, Broadway original cast albums, and movie soundtracks. Collection currently being processed.
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- Harry Tobias Collection (Coll. no. 138-M)
Music manuscripts and published sheet music, lyric sheets, correspondence and other documents, and sound recordings from the estate of Harry Tobias.
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- Ernst Toch Archive (Coll. no. 1-M)
The Collection consists of materials relating to the Austrian-American composer, Ernst Toch. Included are music manuscripts and scores, books of his personal library, manuscripts, biographical material, correspondence, articles, essays, speeches, lectures, programs, clippings, photographs, sound recordings, financial records, and memorabilia. Also included are manuscripts and published works of other composers, as well as Lilly Toch's letters and lectures.
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- Jerry Vale Collection of Musical Arrangements (Coll. no. 126-M)
Manuscripts, ozalids, onion skins and photocopies of musical
arrangements of songs sung by Jerry Vale (Genaro Louis
Vitaliano, 1932- ), 1952-1973.
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- Jimmy Van Heusen Collection of Musical Works and Papers (Coll. no. 127-M)
Collection consists of American song composer Jimmy Van Heusen’s papers and materials, both business and personal. Items include an extensive collection of unpublished music manuscripts and song lyrics, published sheet music, correspondence, personal papers, and business documents. Many materials relate to his interactions with Johnny Burke, Sammy Cahn, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and others, and to his publishing companies Burke & Van Heusen, Inc. and Van Heusen Music Corporation. Also includes sound and audiovisual materials, including his personal LP collection, unpublished home recordings, and home movies. Photographic material includes both press and personal prints, some negatives, and color slides. Other items include performance scripts, altered lyrics, biographic materials, professionally assembled scrapbooks, and other published materials from his personal collection. In addition to his musical career, the collection highlights his interests in horses and flying, and his domestic life with wife Josephine Van Heusen.
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- John Vincent Collection of Musical Manuscripts, Correspondence, Documents, Memorabilia, and Sound Recordings (Coll. no. 31-M)
Collection consists of sketches, holographs and transparencies of musical works by John Nathaniel Vincent. Also includes correspondence, class lecture notes, research materials and notes, programs, UCLA Music Dept. documents, financial and personal records, photographs, commercial and non-commercial disc recordings of music by Vincent, and miscellaneous memorabilia.
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- Romo Vincent Collection (Coll. no. 238-M)
The collection consists of scores and musical arrangements used in Vincent's performances, as well as several photographs of Vincent and his professional colleagues.
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- Walter Lantz Productions Collection of Music for the Woody Woodpecker Cartoons and Other Productions (Coll. no. 35-M)
The bulk of the collection consists of materials related to the music production process at the Lantz Studios from 1951-70. Includes the holographs of scores, parts, and detail sheets for Woody Woodpecker cartoons and various commercials. Also includes music sketches, recording routines, reports, and sorted printed classical and popular sheet music used as source material for various productions. Production scores include the work of Lantz music directors Darrell Calker, Frank Churchill, Walter Greene, James Dietrich, Frank Marsales, Eugene Poddany, and Clarence Wheeler.
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- Edward Ward Collection (Coll. no. 16-M)
Collection consists of conductor's scores and/or sketches, in manuscripts or copies, for The singing bandit, Cobra woman, Where were you?, Broadway serenade, Kit Carson, Climax, Men of Texas, South of Pago Pago, My son, my son, It never rains in Hollywood, and Phantom of the opera, as well as unidentified musical sketches, printed sheet music, production notes, legal documents (including contracts), cue sheets, correspondence, and photographs.
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- Warner Brothers Studios Music Collection (Coll. no. 317-M)
A brief initial view of the collection presents 390 boxes of music used for silent film, including printed dance band arrangements (scores and parts), sheet music, and other published and some unpublished music; 137 boxes of sheet music, choral editions, and other published and unpublished music used as a music reference library; 47 boxes of books, mostly about music, frequently stamped with “Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Music Library”. Many of these books are signed by the authors. Many more are signed by George Schneider, Music Librarian at MGM from 1928-1956, who founded and developed the MGM Music Library, which by the late 1940’s was one of the largest music collections in the country. This great library was sent to landfill in the ‘60’s as part of what has been called the “MGM Holocaust”, the tragedy that destroyed most of the great manuscript scores composed for MGM films, triggering a great deal of film music preservation activity, including the work that has been done here at UCLA. The materials we have just received from Warner Bros may in fact represent the last (only?) remaining portion of the MGM Library.
The collection is in the midst of being processed and the finding aid will be updated periodically.
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- Mark Weber Jazz Collection (Coll. no. 250-M)
The collection consists of photographs taken by Mark Weber relating to the experimental jazz musicians during the 1970's - 1990's, predominant focus on photos taken in Los Angeles from 1976-1985. Also included are notes, clippings, interview transcripts, correspondence, programs, flyers and articles.
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- Robert Wells and Lisa Kirk Collection of Music Scores, Lyrics, and Associated Papers (Coll. no. 217-M)
Songs written by Bob (Robert) Wells in collaboration with others; vocal and orchestral arrangements performed by Lisa Kirk; clippings; photographs; and other miscellanous publicity material.
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- Mortimer Wilson Collection of Silent Film Music Compositions and Arrangements (Coll. no. 54-M)
The collection consists predominantly of manuscripts, with some photocopies, sketches, and scores (short and full). Included are original compositions, transcriptions and arrangements created to accompany silent films, some published music, miscellaneous material, and music for piano, organ, chamber groups, and orchestra.
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- Women Composers Collection (Coll. no. 13-M)
Collection consists of materials related to various women composers. Includes ozalid copy of Paulena Carter's California Centennial fantasy manuscript; manuscript score of Ethel Leginska's Gale : the haunting (scene 2 only); ozalid copy of the orchestral score of Louise Talma's Tolling bell : triptych for baritone and orchestra, with a sound recording from the American Music Festival, 1970. Also includes musical works of Hilda Reis and Erin Mary McFadden, and song lyrics by Dorothy Ida Jones.
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- Charlotte Louise Woodbridge Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 47-M)
Collection consists of published musical works for solo voice or chorus, mostly with piano accompaniment.
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- Herbert J. Wrightson Collection of Musical Compositions (Coll. no. 97-M)
Collection consists of manuscript, published and reprinted publications of music by Herbert J. Wrightson, including SATB octavos, sheet music, and anthologies of works for chorus, voice and piano, organ solo and piano solo.
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- La Monte Young Collection (Coll. no. 100-M)
The collection consists selected writings, catalogs, lectures and correspondence relating to musical programs and other performance events of La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, many signed and given to Robert Stevenson or John Vincent.
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- Victor Young Collection of television music (Coll. no. 110-M)
Manuscript sketches, scores and parts (ozalid) for the Medic television show (1954-56) and other compositions.
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- Eugene Zador Collection (Coll. no. 22-M)
The collection consists of autograph manuscripts of orchestral works by Eugene Zador as well as 42 autographs comprising 32 autograph letters signed, one typed letter signed, two autograph postcards signed, four Christmas cards with autograph notes signed, programs honoring the composer on his 80th birthday, with autograph notes signed, dated 1968-1976, mostly on the composer's letterhead paper from his home in Los Angeles, all written to the music critic, Robert Breuer of New York, as well as non-commercial and commercial sound recordings.
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- Lee Zahler Collection of Motion Picture Music (Coll. no. 83-M)
Collection consists of manuscript scores and parts of music by Lee Zahler and others that formed part of a rental library of film music.
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- Eric Zeisl Papers (Coll. no. 29-M)
Zeisl's music manuscripts, published scores, correspondence, documents,
recordings, and other materials.
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- Zoellner Family Collection of Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Papers (Coll. no. 61-M)
Collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, miscellaneous documents, posters, programs, brochures, essays, and memorabilia relating to the Zoellner Quartet and Zoellner family of musicians.
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